Achieving Operational Excellence within Mill Products Manufacturing Environments
Mill Products companies face strong business and manufacturing challenges to remain globally competitive and adaptable to changing market conditions while continuing to drive costs out of the business. These challenges come from many sources, including globalization, industry consolidation, customer-centric production strategies and inventory optimization strategies associated with the supply chain. [Sponsored by Apriso Corp.]

Augmenting the Value of ERP with an Operations Execution System
In order to remain globally competitive, implement continuous improvement initiatives and adhere to complex traceability requirements for regulatory compliance, manufacturers recognize that a nominal investment in an Operations Execution system can pay handsome rewards and incremental ROI on heavy investments already applied to ERP deployments. [Sponsored by Apriso Corp.]

ERP in Lean Manufacturing
"I have been a convert to Lean Manufacturing (Toyota Production System) for the past 20 years – since my days as a Plant / General Manger of an automotive parts manufacturing company within the Authorized Ford Remanufacturing Program. Yet today as a Lean Manufacturing Consultant with over 12 years experience implementing lean in a wide range of companies from job shop to discrete manufacturing to process flow operations I am still amazed at the dramatic improvements that can be realized." [Sponsored by Solarsoft Business Systems]

Champion Plastics Attracts a New Customer Segment After Using Plexus Online to Modernize its EDI
When Champion Plastics, Inc. landed a coveted Harley Davidson account, owners Mike and Matt McDermott knew they couldn't afford any missteps, especially with their EDI. [Sponsored by Plexus Systems]

Biometric Solutions - Bringing You the Future Today
Kaba is the trendsetter in data collection and opts for biometrics as a modern alternative. [Sponsored by Kaba Workforce Solutions]